Transfer Development Rights (TDR) Program Study and Reform

Urged commissioners to attend regional planning meetings, monitor TRPA housing initiatives, and ensure robust transparency and database accuracy.

Criticized reliance on consultants and secret stakeholder meetings, arguing that growth policies favor development over residents and urging caution against stormwater taxes and floodplain building.

Shared decades of open space preservation experience and proposed a 'one rooftop, one TDR' requirement to ensure every new water hookup in the valley supports conservation.

Expressed support for the TDR program, emphasizing that demand must be driven by prioritizing receiving areas and avoiding unearned zone changes.

Noted the massive surplus of existing TDRs compared to annual building permits and stated that shrinking the total number of credits is necessary for the program to function.

Discussed the growth management ordinance, predicting that allocation caps will soon restrict project approvals and force developers and commissioners to address housing and TDR realities.